Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali( pictured) was killed in a strike near the Iraqi city of Mosul on Tuesday, according to National Security Council spokesman Ned Price.
The No. 2 leader of the Islamic State terrorist group Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, also known as Hajji Mutazz is dead.
He was killed in a U.S. military air strike in Iraq earlier this week, according to National Security Council spokesman Ned Price. Hajji Mutazz, was traveling in a vehicle near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul when he was killed Tuesday.
As the senior deputy to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, al-Hayali was the primary coordinator for moving large amounts of weapons, explosives, vehicles and people between Iraqand Syria.
Price characterized Al-Hayali’s death as a blow to Islamic State operations because his influence spanned finance, media, operations and logistics for the group.
Also killed in the air strike was an Islamic State media operative known as Abu Abdullah.
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